"Ultimate Electronics" store on AliExpress -- fakes?

[jjne]

This store sells a good range of apparently good quality caps at keen (not massively cheap but keen) prices. Ranging from cheap OSTs and Samwhas to Panasonics and Nichicons.

I've bought a few packs (not spent much -- a few dollars) and if they are fakes, someone's taken care to present them properly.

They look just like the real thing -- well-printed labels, bungs and vents look correct, ESRs are consistent with genuine caps (the one set of Chemicon 1500uF caps that were highish ESR turned out to be a GP range, and that was my bad for not checking).

So they seem legit -- anyone had any dealings with them?

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1596...08.0.33.XCEG9w

[momaka]

Re: "Ultimate Electronics" store on AliExpress -- fakes?

Nope. I always get my caps from Digikey or Mouser.

That said, it would be interesting to get a pack of Japanese capacitors from that place and compare it directly to some of my Japanese capacitor stock that is know to be real.

The only thing that worries me about AliExpress is returns/refunds. At least with eBay, if you get fake caps, you can always open a case and you will get your money refunded without needing to return the product. It's not about the money. And I know it seems mean to take a sellers item and get your money back. But IMO, we should not reward fake/counterfeit capacitor manufacturers in any way.

Anyways, just my 2 cents. I personally wouldn't risk getting counterfeit caps when there is Digikey and Mouser available where I am, in addition to the badcaps.net store. Thanks for posting the link, though. I guess if someone is curious, they can always try this and let us know.

[Cartel]

Re: "Ultimate Electronics" store on AliExpress -- fakes?

This store sells a good range of apparently good quality caps at keen (not massively cheap but keen) prices. Ranging from cheap OSTs and Samwhas to Panasonics and Nichicons.

I've bought a few packs (not spent much -- a few dollars) and if they are fakes, someone's taken care to present them properly.

They look just like the real thing -- well-printed labels, bungs and vents look correct, ESRs are consistent with genuine caps (the one set of Chemicon 1500uF caps that were highish ESR turned out to be a GP range, and that was my bad for not checking).

So they seem legit -- anyone had any dealings with them?

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1596...08.0.33.XCEG9w

I bought a bunch of different ones here, and tantalum's...they were all good except for these:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=52256